Date: | Tuesday 12 August 1969 |
Time: | 10:30 |
Type: | Vickers 768D Viscount |
Owner/operator: | Indian Airlines |
Registration: | VT-DJC |
MSN: | 296 |
Year of manufacture: | 1958 |
Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Dart 510 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Calcutta Airport (CCU) -
India
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | Calcutta Airport (CCU/VECC) |
Narrative:The pilot failed to reset the altimeter settings to QNH from the standard and also descended below the altitude cleared by Radar Controller under marginal weather conditions. The aircraft was being monitored by Surveillance Radar instead of Precision Approach Radar. The aircraft grazed tree tops on final approach and was substantially damaged. The aircraft was thereafter diverted to Panagarh where it made a safe landing . No one was injured.
Sources:
Civil aircraft accidents 1969 / Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation, CAD, ASD
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